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Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the River Wash?

Monitoring has recorded 10 species across 3 surveyed sites on this water, between 1996 and 2024. These are survey records with dates. They do not establish what is present today, that the water is fishable, or that you have permission to fish it.

Recorded species

What monitoring has found here

Ordered by how many sites on this water recorded the species. A species not listed has not been recorded by these surveys — which is not the same as being absent.

  1. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta3 siteslatest 11 Jun 2024
  2. BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 11 Jun 2024
  3. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 11 Jun 2024
  4. Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae2 siteslatest 11 Jun 2024
  5. Atlantic salmonSalmo salar1 sitelatest 30 Aug 2013
  6. Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 18 Jun 2014
  7. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 9 Aug 2011
  8. European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 17 Sept 2012
  9. European elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 30 Aug 2013
  10. RoachRutilus rutilus1 sitelatest 9 Aug 2011

Surveyed sites on this water

3 shown, newest survey first

Provenance

Source and licence

  • SourceEnvironment Agency Ecology & Fish Data
  • LicenceOpen Government Licence v3.0
  • Source copy retrieved23 Jul 2026
  • Waterbody nameAs published by the Environment Agency
  • Not assertedCurrent presence, access, permission, fishing quality or safety